chore(ci): bump mcp-publisher to 1.7.9

[mathieumaf]

Summary

• Bump MCP_PUBLISHER_VERSION in .github/workflows/release.yml from 1.7.8 to 1.7.9 (release notes)
• Mostly dep bumps + docs; one OCI validator fix that doesn't affect us (we publish via npm)
• No changeset — CI-internal change with no user-visible impact

Test plan

• CI passes
• Next release publishes successfully to the MCP Registry

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated internal release workflow tooling to the latest version for improved reliability.

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• .github/workflows/release.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The release workflow is updated to use mcp-publisher version 1.7.9 instead of 1.7.8. This single-line change in the install step updates the version variable that determines which tarball, asset URLs, and checksum files are downloaded and verified during the release process.

Changes

MCP Publisher Version Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
mcp-publisher version bump .github/workflows/release.yml	MCP_PUBLISHER_VERSION is bumped from 1.7.8 to 1.7.9 in the conditional install step, changing the downloaded tarball and checksum artifact URLs.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Digilac/simap-mcp#20: Updates GitHub Actions release workflow to install a newer version of mcp-publisher (similar version bump pattern).

Poem

🐰 A version's leap, so small yet true,
From eight to nine, the path breaks through,
The tarball dances, checksums align,
Release workflows sing in perfect time! ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: updating mcp-publisher to version 1.7.9 in the CI workflow.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/bump-mcp-publisher-1.7.9

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